The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21

What tho Future VIII Be II Those wi
Refuse to Believe.

Ts this country unconsclously undergoing
a wonderful change, is the change 70 taAe
Mace before we are aware OF the 1acb, ana
when it hos taken place will we wonder why
we did not see it before it was too lates
Those that see the changes early aVall
themselves early, and thereby receive oehe-
lit.
The shrewd iron man sees thu iron inter
est transferred from Pittsburg and Penn
s~ylyania to Birmingham, Alabama, and in his
far-sightedness sees tho furnaces In Pennsyl-
vania torn down ana deserted for this new
and prolific field. 1t is claimed by the IRON
men of Alabama that he low price at which
iron can be produced there will revolution
iZe the iron interests of the world.
We lave seen the grain-groWlng centres OF
this country shifted to the West. We have
seen the pork packing industry fit from
Cincinnati to Chicago, and from thence to
Kan as CITY and Omaha. Southern cotton
mills undersell New England II American
markets, and challenge the world.
We have seen aud are seeing ali this take
Mace before our eyes, and know that other
changes are taking place equally as prom"
inent, and we wonder rs We bchoid them.
Ten wears ago the insurance companies only
required an analysis OF the fulds When tney
were taking insurance FOR very large
amounts. To-day no first-class company
will insure any amount unless they have a
rigid ANALYSIS of the fuids passed, and II any
traces of ce. tain disorders are apparent, tue
application is rejected In their reports
th5v show that the death of sixty of every
100 leople in this country, is due eitner al
rectly or indirectly to s1ch disorders. The
Brompton Hospital for Consumptives, Lon,
don. England, reports that sixty of every lou
victims of consumption also have serious dis
orders of the kidneys.
Among scientists for the treatment OF
this dread ma,ady the question is being dis
cussed: -
lis not this disorder the real cause of con-
sumption:"
Ten years ago the microscope Yves some
thing seldom found in a physicians office;
now every physician of standing has one and
seldom visits his patients with nut calling for
asanple of fluids for examination.
Why is all this: Is it possible that we
Of the present generation are to die
orders' OF shall we master the cause by
Warmers safe cure, the only recognized
specific, and thus remove the effects: 1t IS
established beyond a doubt that a very large
nercentaee of deaths in this country Is
fraeeable to diseased kidneys. For years the
proprietors of Warmers safe cure have been
insisting that there is no sound health when
the kidneys are diseased, and they enthuslas-
fically press their specific for this terrible
disorder upon public attention. We are con-
tfnually hearing its praises sounded
This means wonders!
Cannot the prophet srs of this great remedy,
who have teen warning us of the danger,
tel US how to avoid a disease that ut first Is
SO u~nimEortaut, and is so fatal in its term;
nation? Are we to hope against hope, and
wait without our reward
The most significant of all changes, hoy
ever, that we of to-day can note is this Tadl'
raj change of view to with the public has
been educated: 1t was formerly thought that
the kidneys were of very small Importance,
to-day, we believe, it is generally admitted
that there can be no such thing as SOUND
health in any organ if they are in the Least
degree deranged.